Show the war War wartime tinte demand for cotton Is enormous ij 1 recent investigations in the uso use of cotton in war show allow A 12 inch gun disposes of a halt half bale ot of cotton with every shot f ired fired a machine gun in operation will use up a bale in three minutes in a naval battle like tile the one oft off jutland over pounds a minute are consumed by each active warship more than bales a year are needed to provide absorbent cotton lor for the wounds of the injured one change of apparel tor for all the troops now nov engaged in the war aar represents more than a million bales Pron promise iNc of thrills in alaine Ia nw arid and gas servie beings many recruits A boy just out of school feeling himself qualified by special study ol of gas engineering rode a bicycle miles to join the pioneer flame and gas battalion A number of 0 chemists electricians said and mechanics well known in iii civil life were among tile first to respond to the call for this service american from professions and ana trades such as chemical and mechanical engineering plumbing and carpentry are being trained in this service bervice to meet enemy fire and fumes with lame and deadly gas there is opportunity lor for it a limited number of 0 enlistments of men with mechanical knowledge gas experts carpenters jerks clerks i and muscular thinking chinkin men between the ages possessing tile the necessary qualifications ficat ions may volunteer at an any 7 recruiting e cr station by asking to join the tee thirtieth battalion flame and gas forming at washington D C jeven lood Jd ministration men cant get their augir sur ir members or of the tha rood food at washington D C now have an all added personal reason lor for urging conservation ot of sugar A recent canvass of retail stores ot of tile the city showed allowed that ot of 22 stores had only a 15 had bad no sugar three 1 small supply ot of cube sugar in pack i ages every ry store had less pounds and none had prospect ot of supply of 0 three an immediate wholesalers and one jobber two had no sugar oue one had a three day supply no relief la is promised for at least I 1 will be washington six weeks and until alter after ration on a short sugar christmas at least west and ou oil tile the in the middle pacific coa coast st where reserves stocks heavier dealers generally are are for help by responding to the cry limit or on sales in i placing ing tile the same rame districts use in the hard hit eastern 2 pounds to to a L customer providing other purchases ses are mado made germans held in the united shalto 2800 nearly number classes J ot german prisoners two detale detained d in this con country n t ry are now w sailors taken into comprised o is 4 0 one sta slates when the united custody other consists consist entered the war the who enemies ies civilians ebie ot of alien ailen arrested and are now beline have been governmental regula held under gover lions ions tor for various a rions la is at tile the Irin principal cipal detention camp G ga a where approximately fort ort mcpherson aon held are war prisoners xi there are e ga oglethorpe oglethorp at fort lag douglas Doug I 1 at port fort alien ellent enemies les ot of war prisoners there are utah small de aud and so 80 Int Intorn orned ert germa germans US harily quartered temporarily tempo are now flow the at army 1 points ost throughout number is relatively country but their I 1 small there are 2364 actual prisoners of 0 war in the custody of the war department and about interned aliens held at the request of 0 tile the department ot of justice each acts oa ounces ol of liui ss in ills ui 01 included in the equipment furnished each infantryman by tile hie ord ordnance bureau ot of the war department are ounces of 0 brass this is exclusive of the uniform equipment provided by the quartermaster corps used in the haversack are 18 0 ounces or of brass in the bayonet scabbard 0 5 ounce in the canteen cov ounces cat batridge ridge belt 10 ounces gun sling 1 ounce and thong case 1 16 5 0 ounces pouch for first aid packet 03 ounce equipment irom from the llie ordnance department part ment bureau for or infantrymen contains almost tons of brass of sick at army camps i less thuu than a 2 per ont cent returning from inspection trips to 10 army and aviation camps col weeton JP Cham ot of the surgeon generals office reports that tho the per cent ot of sick ranges front from below I 1 per cent to slightly below 2 cent among tile the COB conditions editions leading 10 treatment in hospital are severe colds slight blight injuries and other comparatively slig slight lit ailments about the only serious disease lound at any camp was pneumonia each national army camp has a thousand bed hospital equipped in accordance with most approved modern practice |